Can you use it in your writing? Write a sentence or a group of sentences that uses anaphora like the ones above.
*English 10 Only*
Bell Ringer: Active vs Passive Voice (Using Vivid Verbs)
Note the difference in the two sentences.
It is believed by the candidate that a ceiling must be placed on the budget by Congress. The candidate believes that Congress must place a ceiling on the budget. I was bitten by the rabid dog. The rabid dog lunged and sunk its teeth into my arm.
*Pre AP Only*
Bell Ringer: Anaphora
What do you notice about these sentences from Josh Bossie's essay?"My 9-year-old eyes could not see the bottom of the river, so my 9-year-old mind figured it went down forever into the very abyss....
"I gasped in horror, my 9-year-old eyes seeing a broken pole, my 9-year-old mind seeing a broken dream."
What is anaphora?
Can you use it in your writing? Write a sentence or a group of sentences that uses anaphora like the ones above.
*English 10 Only*
Bell Ringer: Active vs Passive Voice (Using Vivid Verbs)
Note the difference in the two sentences.It is believed by the candidate that a ceiling must be placed on the budget by Congress.
The candidate believes that Congress must place a ceiling on the budget.
I was bitten by the rabid dog.
The rabid dog lunged and sunk its teeth into my arm.
What makes the second sentences stronger?
What is ACTIVE VOICE? What is PASSIVE VOICE?
Revise the sentence below to use active voice by adding vivid action verbs.
The pedestrian was hit by the speeding car.
Writer's Workshop: Revision Stations
Students move through stations that ask them to first do an activity with the anchor text and then revise each other's writing